Re: backups - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dennis Gearon
Subject Re: backups
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Msg-id 40E38668.2030202@fireserve.net
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In response to Re: backups  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
List pgsql-general
Bruno Wolff III wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 18:23:08 -0500,
>   wespvp@syntegra.com wrote:
>
>>What do other sites with mondo databases do?
>
>
> There have been comments from people using storage systems that they
> can freeze the storage system and get a consistant snap shot of the
> file system. This can be used to do a restore. It will look just like
> postgres crashed when coming back up.
> If you find one of the posts about this in the archives the poster may
> have more details on their storage systems.
>
Just shutting it down doesn't work?

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